Word: better
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from his best field by the story-telling power he displays. His rendering of the folk tales and other stories told by him makes, them the high-lights of the book. Therein lies the chief hope for readers of this book that his next one will be along lines better suited to his talents...
...system will be adequate to supply New York City with transportation facilities when that city has a population of 30,000,000 inhabitants. On these lines, trains of 125 cars each will travel at the rate of 70 miles per hour and above. It is expected that economy and better service as well as increased efficiency will result...
...least resistance to its passage, and valuable evidence concerning the relative conductivity of the rocks that comprise the area can be gained by observing with suitable devices the distribution of current. A convergence of flow lines into a good conductor can be readily detected, and even the effects of better conducting material at considerable depth can often be estimated with a fair degree of assurance. Of course, all masses of rock in the earth that are good conductors are not necessarily bodies. Barren graphitic slates rock beds soaked with salt water, or basic dikes might give effects not unlike more...
...certain conditions which might be said to parallel those at Yale. To sum up the broadest aspect of the plan, it is projected subdivision of the University into smaller residential units, and the chief purpose will be an improvement of the social side of education by the promotion of better understanding between diverse groups of students and the establishment of more thorough contacts between students and instructors or tutors...
...nation's effort for the good of the whole. Hence his hostility to the parliamentary government and his attempt to reorganize the economic and social structure of the country. The movement is certainly a natural one. Whether it is a salutary one is another question. It might have been better for countries like Italy to have passed through a period of conservative rule like Germany from 1870 to 1914. The danger in the dictatorships lies in the fact that everything depends on the person of the dictator and on the duration of his life. It is hard to imagine...